xSP business models are stable, for now

More from Amy Wohl on web services and ASPs, this time in a considered article in her weekly email newsletter. I think ...

Tibco's application-centric view of web services integration

Already the leading vendor in messaging middleware, Tibco believes the advent of web services has opened up new ...

How one ASP sees the migration to web services

I had very welcome confirmation that it's not just me whistling in the dark here when I met yesterday morning with ...

Online applications and enterprise software vendors don't mix

I was doing a final fact-check on my column this morning for ASPnews when I realized I would have to do a re-write. The ...

Why web services need ASPs, and vice-versa

Last week a column by John Dvorak in PC Magazine likened web services to the ASP model and dismissed both as crackpot. ...

Sonic Software unveils its service bus

This announcement from Sonic Software is the first out of this week's JavaOne conference to catch my eye. I have always ...

Novell and BEA get together

A match between Novell and BEA, as reported by Computerworld, could be a powerful combination. BEA is very strong in ...

IDC defines BSPs as a booming category

The latest xSP newsletter from IDC sets out its definition of business service providers (BSPs), including examples of ...

Yankee report maps out the new paradigm

The analysts at The Yankee Group seem to have done a great job of mapping out the emerging shape of computing in the ...

Novell joins the web services party

Novell is one of those unlucky companies that got the web services vision too early (HP is another one) and therefore ...

Web services invade the enterprise

On my visit to Malaysia and Thailand last month, I inevitably spent quite a lot of time discussing strategy with the ...

Web services dominates InfoWorld top ten innovators

I just caught up with InfoWorld's top ten technology innovators, published in the magazine's March 4th issue. The ...

Microsoft price hikes will push customers elsewhere

Incredibly, Microsoft is pushing ahead with a change to its licensing model this summer that will effectively raises ...

Web services gaining credibility

A lot of enterprises are now investing in web services, according to this article on InternetNews. It quotes an IDC ...

Yahoo gets serious with webhosting

Yahoo! has added some serious new webhosting capabilities to its GeoCities services. The new GeoCities Advantage ...

ASPs migrating to web services

Here's another take on the relationship between ASPs and web services, in an article from the increasingly useful ...

Web services vs application services

I tend to use the term 'web services' very loosely, using it to describe individual service components as well as ...

Don't let vendors tie you into their web services platforms

Frank Moss, who as founder and chairman of Bowstreet is among the world's longest-serving web services entrepreneurs, ...

Last week's launch of BEA WebLogic Workshop, fomer ...

Last week's launch of BEA WebLogic Workshop, fomerly known as Cajun, completes BEA's integration of the intellectual ...

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